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United States

Build and protect intellectual property portfolios and technologies

Palo Alto, California, United States

• Prepare, draft, and file U.S. and international patent applications.
• Conduct inventory disclosure meetings.
• Conduct examiner interviews.
• Draft responses to office actions.
• Provide response recommendations to clients.
• Provide continuation application recommendations to clients.

• Prepare and file utility and design applications with the USPTO.
• File amendments and responses to actions with USPTO.
• Prepare claim amendments including formalities such as amendments under rule 1.312.
• Provide advice to clients on strategy for responses after reviewing office actions.
• Perform patentability searches, provide reports and client recommendations.
• Direct foreign associates on responding to foreign office actions.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Provide patent law subject matter expertise and legal advice to clients on foreign and US patent protection.
• Review hundreds of patent applications, from filing to allowance, identifying problems, and recommending solutions to senior patent counsel.
• Audit in-bound client portfolios, patents, and patent applications.
• File PCT applications using both the WIPO IP portal as well as PCT safe.
• Daily communication with clients, provide advice on patent prosecution, interface between them and senior patent attorneys.
• Interface with, and close call-in clients. Patent harvesting meetings with inventors and startups.

Wellington

• The primary role of a Policy Advisor is to conduct legal policy research and development, to draft statutes and regulations, and to provide advice to the Attorney General, the Minister of Justice and the Minister for.
• Drafting legal advice to the New Zealand Attorney General on the compliance of legislation with human rights requirements of the New Zealand Bill of Rights.
• Proactively working with various government departments towards effective solutions, to enact legislation that complies with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act.
• Working with public and private organizations to assess and provide recommendations as to whether to provide business, corporate and charitable institution applicants exemptions from the requirements of Anti-Money.
• Researching, and delivering policy and legislative drafting advise for a number of statutes and legislative instruments, including legislation to enable the publication of judicial decisions online.
• Playing a key role in creating a standardized system for the awarding of interest in monetary judgments across all New Zealand courts, drawing upon my legal and economic expertise.

North Shore District Court

• Drafted motions, researched case law and legal precedents and provided advice to prosecutors during criminal prosecutions.
• Reviewed sentencing guidelines and recommendations, prosecution arguments, and prepared sentencing submissions.

Auckland

• Completed full legal administrative and client interfacing duties through daily briefings, client interviews, and client correspondence. Wrote legal memoranda and opinions, drafted motions for civil and criminal.
• Gained proficiency in civil and criminal court proceedings, appearing before District Court judges.
• Represented clients, leading successful negotiations with prosecutors to drop drug possession charges, reduce sentences and provide non-punitive sentencing options for clients.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Science

Bachelor Of Laws (Honors), Law

Bachelor Of Commerce (B.Com.), Economics

Highschool